Feature analysis of 438 cases of suicidal death with mental disorders in Shanghai Pudong New Area / 复旦学报（医学版）

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the general characteristics of suicide in patients with mental illness,to discuss the characteristics of suicide death,and to provide reference for the social intervention of suicide in the early stages.Methods We collected the suicide cases of 438 patients with mental illness in Shanghai Pudong New Area from 2007 to 2016,and analyzed their sex,age,way of death and cause of death.Results In these 438 cases of suicide,women were significantly more than men.The age mainly distributed between 30 and 70 years old,and the highest of incidence rate occurred between 60 and 70 years old.Among these patients,the youngest one was 11 years old,and the oldest one was 93 years old.Depression (48.2％) was the leading cause for suicide,followed by schizophrenia (16.7％),paranoia (1.6％) and anxiety (0.9％).Jumping from height (43.6％) and hanging (31.5％) were the most common ways of suicide.There was pre-signal (suicide notes,expression of suicidal and suicidal history) in 47 cases.Conclusions Mental disorders,especially depression,has become an indispensable fator in the suicide people.We should pay enough attention to early intervention and treatment in order to avoid tragedy again.